Rail-joint.



S. LESCHZINER.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I0. 1913.

1,1 5 1 ,368. Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

WITNESSES. "I: V j V I. I [$03 if 4m a W? WW M? M ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CD., WASHINGTON, D, c.

SIEGFRIED LES'CI-IZINER, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1915.

Application filed. MaylO, 1913. Serial No. 766,886.

To all who-71bit may concern Be it known that I, SIEGFRIED Lnso'rr- ZINER, a citizen ofthe United States,residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a full, clear, and 'eXact description, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same,]reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail joints, and has for its object to provide a novel and effective means for joining therails together without the aid of'fish-plates.

Describing the invention in detail, refer ence is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis Specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding. parts throughout the several views of the drawings,.and in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a pair of rails joined together in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same. Fig. 3represents a vertical transverse sectional view taken on lines w-m of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of the tongued member adapted to be secured to the end of one rail. Fig. 5 represents a plan view; and Fig. 6 represents an end view of the same. Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of the recessed member adapted to be secured to'the end of the other rail. Fig. 8 represents a plan view of the same. Fig. 9 represents the end portion of the rail, to which the tongued end member is adaptedto be secured; and Fig. 10 represents the end portion of the rail to which the recessed end member is adapted to be secured.

In the accompanying drawin s, 1 represents one rail and 2 the other rai The web of the end of the rail 2 is provided with a recess 3. It will, of course, be understood that in practice, the end of one rail is provided with arecess, as shown in Fig. 10, while the opposite end of the same rail is left plain, as illustrated in Fig. 9, though herein I speak of two rails, since it is desirable to show the ends of two rails to clearly illustrate the invention.

' firmly down to the plate but To theend of the rail l is secured the longitudinally-slotted tongue member 1, by means of the bolt 5, and to'the end of the rail 2 is secured the longitudinally-slotted and recessed member 6, which issimilarly secured to the rail 2. The rails with their attached tongued and recessed members are secured together by overlapping the ends thereof, so as to bring the tongue 7 on the end of the tongued member 1 opposite to the correspondingly-shaped recess 8 in the end of the recessed member 6, and the one rail then moved laterally to engage the tongue? in the recess ,8. v

The bolt 5 is provided with a square head, which is fittedinto a square recess 9 formed in one of the sides of the tongued and recessed members 1 and 6, to prevent the same from turning. This bolt 5 passes through a hole 10 formed in the ends of the rail and through a hole 11 formed in the opposite side of the tongued and recessed member. Washers 17 are employed and clamped down against the sides of the tongued and recessed members by means of the lock nut 12.

From an inspection of Figs. 3 and 6 of the drawings, it will be noted that the slots in'the tongued and recessed members 4: and 6,.as well as the top and bottom of the sides of said members, are formed to correspond with that portion of the rails 1 and'2 with which they engage. The construction of the members 4: and 6 is of such a nature that they can be easily and quickly secured to or removed from the ends of the rails.

Elongated slots 13 are formed in the base of the rail to permit longitudinal expansion of the same.

14. represents a metal plate to which the free ends of therails are secured by means of bolts 15, which pass through suitable holes in the plate 14;, and throughthe elongated slots713 formed in the base of the rails 1 and 2, whereby the rails are held permitted to expand freely longitudinally. The bolts 15 are also provided with square heads 16, which are fitted into square recesses formed in the bottom of the plate 1 1 to prevent the same from turning. Washersl'T, the undersides of which are beveled to correspond to the bevel of the base of the rails 1 and 2 are employed and clamped down upon the face of the rails by means of the lock nuts 18.

The metal plate 14 is provided on one side with a longitudinally-arranged marginal flange or guide 19, against which the bases of the rails are fitted to keep the rails at all" headed-end of the spike 23 engages with the top surface of the rails and the bodies therei of engage with suitable recesses 22 formed in the longitudinally arranged marginal flange 19 on the one side, and through the lugs 20 on the other side, and extending into and are secured in any convenient manner to the concrete tie 21.

While I have shown. my preferred form, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact embodiments shown, but may be modified in the various ways in the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of the rails, a longitudinallyslotted tongued member secured to the end of one rail, the tongue of said longitudinallyslotted tongued member extending outwardly from the meeting end of the rail and located between the base and tread portion of said'rail, and a longitudinally-slotted correspondinglyrecessed member secured to the end of the other rail, the end of said rail being recessed to receive said recessed member, the recess of said longitudinally-slotted recessed member extending inwardly from the meeting end of the rail and located between the base and the tread portion of said Copies of this patent may be obtained for rail to receive the said tongue of the said longitudinally slotted tongue member, said tongued and-recessed members being secured to the web portion of the rails and between the tread portion and the base thereof.

2. In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of the rails to permit longitudinal expansion thereof, provided with elongated'slots formed in the base of the rails, a longitudinally-slotted tongued member secured to the end of one rail and .a longitudinally slotted correspondingly recessed member secured to the end of the other rail, said tongued and recessed members being secured to the web portion of the rails and between the tread portion and the base thereof. a I a 3. In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of the rails, provided with elongated slots formed in the base of the rails to permit longitudinal expansion thereof, a slotted member provided with a transversely-arranged tongue extending beyond the slot in said member secured to the end of one rail, a slotted member provided with a transversely-arranged recess extending beyond the slot in said member secured to the other rail, said transversely-arranged tongue adapted to be received into said transverselyarranged recess said tongued and recessed members being secured to the web portion of the rails and between the tread portion and the base thereof. I This specification signed and. witnessed this 7th day of May, 1913.

srnernrnn LESOHZINER.

Witnesses: 1

Fnnnx C. Frsonnn, CLIFFORD A. ALLIsToN. I

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